Oldham Pond Fishing Guide, Passaic County, New Jersey

• Overview

  Oldham Pond is a Passaic County water, in New Jersey. It sits 13 miles in from the sea. It covers about 13 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. You are 0.6 miles from North Haledon. Then Haledon, 0.7 miles, and Prospect Park, 0.8 miles. This one sits near enough to a boundary to be worth checking. It fits into a morning if you live close.

• Where to Fish on Oldham Pond

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Built water gives depth close in, which suits a bank angler. Look for where the old bank line still shows under the surface. Passaic County records list brown trout, walleye, brook trout and bluegill among the fish reported. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Read Oldham Pond before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 74°F and January at 28°F. The year turns gently, without extremes at either end. In a normal year the cover is thin and short-lived. April and May are the settled weeks, with October close behind. At Oldham Pond the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. A car park sits roughly 160 yards away. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Grebe Pond at 0.9 miles is the sensible second choice. Treat access at Oldham Pond as something to verify.